Better attachments

Evernote for BlackBerry lets you create text notes, snapshot notes, audio notes, and notes with file attachments. In this update, we’ve made it easier to add new attachments to an existing note and remove any that you don’t want.

To do this, open the note and tap on the paperclip icon the top right. This will take you to the attachment screen, where you can add new snapshots, files and more.

Optimized snapshots

After you take a photo, the app now asks whether you’d like to save and sync the photo at its native size or to scale it down. Scaling helps with both note loading and synchronization. Consider using this option if you are on a slower network connection.

Tons of improvements

In addition to adding new features and functionality, we also made a number of great usability improvements:

Much faster: You’ll see much quicker loading across all aspects of the app thanks to better network connection management

Better power management: The app is easier on your battery, requiring significantly less power than in the past

Better legibility: We’ve improved the interface to be clearer and more legible

This is all on top of numerous bug fixes and stability improvements, which make for a great Evernote for BlackBerry experience. We have lots more to come. Let us know what you think.

]]>https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2012/03/20/evernote-for-blackberry-gets-better-attachments-speed-improvements-and-more/feed/18Evernote for BlackBerry Update: Huge Sync Speed Improvements, Notebook Filtering, Better Interface, and Morehttps://blog.evernote.com/blog/2011/12/16/evernote-for-blackberry-update-huge-speed-improvements-notebook-filtering-better-interface-and-more/
https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2011/12/16/evernote-for-blackberry-update-huge-speed-improvements-notebook-filtering-better-interface-and-more/#commentsFri, 16 Dec 2011 19:45:22 +0000http://blog.evernote.com/?p=16403Today, we released an update to Evernote for BlackBerry (3.4) that addresses some of our most heard user requests. We’ve improved the app’s interface, simplified filtering, made sync three times faster, and lots more.

Improved home screen

We’ve revamped the home screen to make it easier to see which items are selected. The screen now has better colors, an easy-to-see grid and clearer text labels.

Choose your notebooks

You can now filter the Notes screen to show you notes by notebook. This is great for quick browsing. To switch between notebooks, tap on the green bar along the top of the list and choose a notebook. All the notes will instantly filter.

Better appending

When appending text to complex notes, you can now see the content of the note just below the text that you’re adding. This way, you can easily reference the content of your note in what you’re appending.

And much more

You’ll also notice that synchronization is significantly faster and that text throughout the app is easier to read. For those looking for a more compact view, the newly redesigned List View shows many more notes on a single screen than it has in the past. These are just some of the many improvements that we’ve made to Evernote for BlackBerry. We hope you like it.

Bio:

Cory Voglesonger runs a product development team at Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a furniture, electronics, appliances and computer sales and leasing company with 1,150 company-owned and 664 franchised stores across the United States and Canada. Evernote is his team’s core collaboration, organization and communication tool.

Evernote, everywhere:

At the office, employees primarily use Windows machines, but at home and on the go, they can log into their accounts from any device. When employees are on the road, they can log into their account from any number of computers and mobile devices.

Using Evernote for a Huge Project: Company-Wide Point of Sale

My team is working on building a new point of sale for the company, a massive project with many moving parts, stakeholders, and points of entry.

I needed a tool that would help my team quickly and easily capture the incredible amount of information that we were dealing with, and be able to access it from any device.

Here’s why we chose Evernote, and how it helps us run a smooth operation:

We needed a tool that would be ubiquitous
My development team is distributed and is constantly sharing tons of information. People are on the road, in different locations, using different devices when they’re on the go. With Evernote, we can start a project at the office and pick up our workflow from any device whether we’re on the road, at home, or on a plane. Things are always moving forward.

We needed a tool that would allow us to capture information in any format
Before we started using Evernote as a team, we didn’t have a flexible and easy-to-use place to house information like meeting notes, whiteboard drawings and quick handwritten sketches and memos. There was no one-size-fits all solution. With Evernote, we can capture virtually any idea, concept, or note –even if it’s written on a napkin during a lunch meeting! Everything that comes up over the life cycle of the project is saved into a shared Evernote folder, accessible by anyone in the company. [Learn how to attach files to your notes]

We needed a tool that would make it easy to find information
Evernote has become a central knowledge base for the Aaron’s national call center and our business users, so having the ability to search through a lot of information and quickly find what anyone might be looking for is vital. Evernote’s search feature allows both members of the call center and business users to quickly search for answers to questions as they come up, instead of sifting through buried folders in a rigid system. Not to mention, Evernote helps my team and I organize our own incoming correspondences, attend to different projects throughout the day. With other programs, the information you’re looking for might be there, but it’s buried in a folder structure.

We needed a tool that didn’t have a pre-determined structure
With Evernote, we can easily drop information into shared notebooks, without having to spend time figuring out a folder structure. For Aaron’s employees, Evernote is about getting information down and being able to share it across development teams, without having to immediately organize it.

We needed a tool that would allow us to share information
My team is constantly sharing information. In Evernote, updates can be made quickly, so we always have access to the latest information. In the past, we’ve struggled to seamlessly share information with many different team members across the organization—particularly our national call center. [Learn how to start sharing]

Getting Everyone on Board

When we chose to use Evernote as a team, I created a Sponsored Group, giving every member of my team a Premium account. I didn’t have to worry about convincing people to convert to using new devices because it was ‘Mac-only.’ Evernote is available for virtually any device, so anyone on my team could use it. I pay for everyone’s account (discounted for groups) on one single bill. When new members join the team, I simply add them to the group, and they’re immediately able to access all team discussions, brainstorms, documents, snapshots and sketches. [Learn more about Sponsored Groups and how to get started.]

Making business decisions with the help of Evernote

Having a place to store all kinds of information—from snapshots of whiteboard discussions to files and voice memos—gives team members an easy way to save and share information that would otherwise have to be saved to different programs, files and computers. The ability to have any type of content saved in one place gives my team a holistic view of major projects and collaborations, and often helps build clarity around specific implementations.

We’ll often come up with solutions and make decisions by pulling up any number of notes associated with a specific date or aspect of a project.

We’re big fans of tablets. They’re a great way to get more done at school, at work, at home, and on the go. Of course, everywhere that you would use a tablet, you should also be using Evernote, which is why we’re excited to add a new tablet platform to the Evernote family: the BlackBerry PlayBook.

The interface

To take advantage of the PlayBook form factor, we focused on a two-column approach: a Snippet-filled note list along the left and the selected note on the right.

When you select a note, you can either view it in the two-column view or take to fullscreen by tapping on the fullscreen button near the note title.

Creating and editing notes

To make a new note, tap on the new note button in the top left of the interface. To edit an existing note, select it, then tap on the Pencil icon.

Add a title and body simply by tapping into those regions. If you want to choose a notebook or add some tags, tap on the relevant icons in the top bar of the note.

Attaching files to notes
Evernote for the BlackBerry PlayBook allows you to take snapshots and record audio clips, plus attach existing photos, audio recordings and files to your notes. To do this, tap on the icons along the top of the note. Whatever you choose will be added as an attachment to your note. You can have multiple images, recordings and files associated with a single note.

Searching

Want to find something you saving in your account? Search for it. Tap into the search bar and enter a search. Evernote will then look for that term in the notes body, as well as inside of any images that you have stored in your account.

Sorting your notes

You can also browse through your notes by either notebook or tag by tapping on the selection option near the search bar. Once you’ve selected a specific notebook or tag, you can search within it to get exactly what you’re looking for.

More to come

This is our first release on the PlayBook and we hope you like it. There’s more to come. Let us know what you think in the comments.